"A Wrinkle In Time" Chapter 5 note

The Tesseract Mrs. Which replies that Meg is correct. Her father is behind the darkness so they cannot see him. Mrs. Whatsit tells Meg not to despair. There is hope, even though the task is difficult. They must go behind the shadow, and to do that they must tesser again. She explains what tessering is. It is like taking a short cut between two points. Mrs. Who demonstrates by taking hold of a part of …

…Jesus, the Buddha, and St. Francis as being fighters against evil, but why are artists, writers and musicians included as well? The names Leonardo da Vinci, Shakespeare, Beethoven and Rembrandt are mentioned. This is because these men expressed their individual creativity. They expressed themselves in their work. The significance of this will become apparent when in the next chapter the children arrive on Camazotz, and discover what happens when individuality and creative expression are suppressed.